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william wrote:
Yes, they mean the same thing, because of the ambiguity of the prefix "in-". "anti-" does not have the same ambiguity.


Weren't you the one who suggested that antimagnetic and magnetic would mean the same thing?

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In fact, the largest number is about 45 billion, although mathematicians suspect that there may be even larger numbers.

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That's because a magnetic field the other way is also a magnetic field.

Completely different reasons.

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Yeah, I was about to explain that to you but then I went and checked who made the original argument, and it was you. I guess you were just picking on Chenjesu's choice of comparisons.

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Speaking of time ideas from SUPER MEGA: http://supermegacomics.com/index.php?i=35

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That's a good one to think about. If we assign a minute to mean 900000 revolutions around the sun then it could always be the same time!

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Yeah, but then clocks would all go out of style, so there would be no reminder as to what time it is, and then if you ever forgot you would really look like an idiot.

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Well, hopefully you wouldn't look like THAT much of an idiot.

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Clancy wrote:
perhaps you mean this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiferromagnetism


That's actually where I got the inspiration for Antimagnetic materials!

Also, Physics class (I think) was where I learned about .. paramagnetism, where something repels iron filings slightly.

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BatmanAoD wrote:
Yeah, but then clocks would all go out of style, so there would be no reminder as to what time it is, and then if you ever forgot you would really look like an idiot.


I reckon people would keep clocks up, as a sort of funky-retro-styling. I would, at least.

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